Thillainathan Pathmanathan

Dr Thillainathan Pathmanathan’s fascination with Lamborghinis was spiked at the age of eight by the sight of the Marzal concept car. His interest in Sant’ Agata’s supercars has never waned since. Dr Pathmanathan’s primary interest is in the wedge-haped, longitudinal mid-engined, spaceframe-chassised, Bizzarrini-engined, Lamborghini flagships. He has authored the world’s first stand-alone books on the Lamborghini Murcielago and the KTM X-BOW, and more recently has written a book on the Lamborghini Countach. He has owned Countach Chassis JLA12399, a totally factory standard Rosso Siviglia 88 1/2 5000 QV – one of only fourteen RHD cars in the world – since 2001. A sibling in the form of Murcielago Chassis 1564, an unaltered Arancio Atlas 2005 Roadster, arrived in 2014. His most precious automotive memories are of meeting Paolo Stanzani, Giampaolo Dallara and Umberto Marchesi.